Kirkby Shoal
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Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal
area with depths of less than 18 metres (59 ft) extending about 140 metres (459 ft) westwards and SSW, about 3.4 km (2.1 mi) from the summit of Shirley Island
, Windmill Islands
, and 0.24 km (0.149129456795954 mi) NW of Stonehocker Point
, Clark Peninsula
.
survey of Newcomb Bay
and approaches by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan, led by Phillip Law
. Named by ANCA after Sydney L. Kirkby
, surveyor at Mawson Station
in 1956 and 1960.
Shoal
Shoal, shoals or shoaling may mean:* Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping* Shoal draught , of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals: see Draft...
area with depths of less than 18 metres (59 ft) extending about 140 metres (459 ft) westwards and SSW, about 3.4 km (2.1 mi) from the summit of Shirley Island
Shirley Island
Shirley Island is a rocky Antarctic island a long, lying northwest of the western end of Bailey Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands. Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than extending about westwards and SSW, about from the summit of Shirley Island.Shirley Island was first...
, Windmill Islands
Windmill Islands
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay...
, and 0.24 km (0.149129456795954 mi) NW of Stonehocker Point
Stonehocker Point
Stonehocker Point is a rocky point on which Wilkes Station is built, forming the west extremity of Clark Peninsula. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Wilkes Station was established in 1937 and occupied by a U.S. party under C.R. Eklund. Named by Eklund...
, Clark Peninsula
Clark Peninsula
Clark Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, long and 2 miles wide, lying at the north side of Newcomb Bay on Budd Coast. It was first mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in February 1947 and thought to be an island connected by a steep snow ramp to the continental ice...
.
Discovery and naming
Kirkby Shoal was discovered and charted in 1962 during a hydrographicHydrography
Hydrography is the measurement of the depths, the tides and currents of a body of water and establishment of the sea, river or lake bed topography and morphology. Normally and historically for the purpose of charting a body of water for the safe navigation of shipping...
survey of Newcomb Bay
Newcomb Bay
Newcomb Bay is a sheltered bay about 1 mile in extent, between Clark Peninsula and Bailey Peninsula in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in February 1947. In February 1957, Willis L. Tressler, oceanographer, led a party from the USS...
and approaches by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition on the MV Thala Dan, led by Phillip Law
Phillip Law
Phillip Garth Law AC, CBE, FAA was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1949 to 1966.-Early life:...
. Named by ANCA after Sydney L. Kirkby
Sydney L. Kirkby
Sydney L. Kirkby, MBE is an Australian surveyor and Antarctic explorer.-Work:Syd Kirkby was first appointed as Surveyor at Mawson Station for 1956, the third year of ANARE operations in Antarctica....
, surveyor at Mawson Station
Mawson Station
Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...
in 1956 and 1960.